Prince Heinrich of Hesse-Kassel
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Prince Heinrich Wilhelm Konstantin Viktor Franz of Hesse-Kassel (English: Henry William Constantine Victor Francis of Hesse-Kassel)(or Hesse-Cassel) (30 October 1927-18 November 1999).
Prince Heinrich was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Prince Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
.
During the Second World War, Heinrich's father was arrested by the Gestapo
and his mother was detained and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp
, where she was killed by Allies' bombardments in 1944. Heinrich and his siblings (Moritz, Otto and Elisabeth) were given sanctuary in the Vatican
. After the war they were reunited with their father in Germany
. Heinrich died in Frankfurt? (the article 'Enrico'Assia', see below, says that he died at the Schloss Wolfsgarten, Langen, nr. Darmstadt, Hessen) unmarried.
See the references to Heinrich in J. Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich: the Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany for more detail. He was an artist and set designer and also published a volume of memoirs, Der Kristallene Lüster (Munich, 1994). The Wikipedia entry for 'Enrico d'Assia' (in Italian) is more expansive; he spent most of his life in Italy.
Prince Heinrich was born in Rome, Italy, the son of Prince Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Victor Emmanuel III was a member of the House of Savoy and King of Italy . In addition, he claimed the crowns of Ethiopia and Albania and claimed the titles Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Albania , which were unrecognised by the Great Powers...
.
During the Second World War, Heinrich's father was arrested by the Gestapo
Gestapo
The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...
and his mother was detained and imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp
Buchenwald concentration camp was a German Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937, one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps on German soil.Camp prisoners from all over Europe and Russia—Jews, non-Jewish Poles and Slovenes,...
, where she was killed by Allies' bombardments in 1944. Heinrich and his siblings (Moritz, Otto and Elisabeth) were given sanctuary in the Vatican
Vatican City
Vatican City , or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano , which translates literally as State of the City of the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of...
. After the war they were reunited with their father in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Heinrich died in Frankfurt? (the article 'Enrico'Assia', see below, says that he died at the Schloss Wolfsgarten, Langen, nr. Darmstadt, Hessen) unmarried.
See the references to Heinrich in J. Petropoulos, Royals and the Reich: the Princes von Hessen in Nazi Germany for more detail. He was an artist and set designer and also published a volume of memoirs, Der Kristallene Lüster (Munich, 1994). The Wikipedia entry for 'Enrico d'Assia' (in Italian) is more expansive; he spent most of his life in Italy.